Steam-separator.



No. 836,549.v 'PATBNTBD Nov. zo, 1906.

I. WATTS.v

STEAM SEPARATOR.

AIPLIOATION FILED FEB. 1s, 19o5 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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PATENTED NOV. 20, 1906.

1. WATTS. STEAM SEPARATOR.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 18, 1905.

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UNITED STATES IRA WATTS, OF MOUNT VERNON, NEW YORK.

STEAM-SEPARATOR.

No. 836,549.i

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov.. 2o, 190e.

Application filed February 18, 1905. Serial No. 246.268.

To @ZZ whom, t may concern,.-

Beit known that I, IRA VVATTs, a citizen of the United States, residingat Mount Vernon, county of Westchester, and State of New York, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Steam Separators or Traps, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention resides in certain novel features of construction setforth in the following specification and claims and illustrated in theannexed drawings, in which- Figure l is a sectional side elevation of anapparatus embodying this invention. Fig. 2 is a section along Fig. l.Fig. 3 is a section along y y, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a section along z e,Fig. 1. Figs. 5 and 6 show baffles of various forms.

In the drawings is shown an expansionchamber a with inlet b and outletc. A partition d is shown between this space or chamber and what may becalled a separating chamber or compartment e, whose outlet j, likeoutlet c, runs to a trap or sewer or other point. An outlet g leads to aheating system or to the atmosphere.

The separating-chamber is shown with ledges or supports h,which can bepieces of angle-iron or other suitable sustaining means. Frames orcarriers i are supported on ledges 7i and are made to fit or conform tothe top of the shell or wall of the separator. Suspended from the framesare a series of' baflies k, carried by rods or wire ropes or other meansm. These baflies are made of suitable matev rial, suoli as porcelain ormetal, and of suitable shape. The oblong shape, concave or convex, asshown, has been found to serve the purpose; but the invention is notconfined to any particular shape. The ropes or suspending means m arehung so that each will vibrate from the iiow of steam. A concave shapeis shown at 7c, Fig. 5, and a convex shape at k, Fig. 6. These baiiiingdevices extend below the top of the partition d, which separates the,expansion and separating chambers, and is shown extended from thebottom up about half-way in the shell or chamber.

A receiving-tank is shown at n. This chamber or compartment n canreceive water from a heater or other source and being in the separatoror surrounded by the steam thereof said compartment or its contents areprotected against cooling or contact with the outer air. This chamber ncan serve as a feed-water heater or as a hot-water supply or for anysuitable purpose. This tank n, as

in compartment e; but being entirely surrounded by the steam in suchcompartment the tank n is kept thorough ly heated, and the heat of thesteam in compartment e is thus utilized. To prevent the water in tank nrising above a certain level or above the point of inlet into said tank,an automatic or float valve can be applied; but these float-valves arewell known and form no part of this invention.

A partition 0 is shown between the receiving-compartment and theseparating-chamber. This partition is extended from the ment a to theinner side of the shell or separating-chamber. A baiie or ledge pextends from the tank into the separating-chamber. These partitions oand baffle p prevent dirty steam from mingling with the cleanv steam.The steam. in rising from below toward the outlet g will strike theprojections o p and the dirt or impurities will be there arrested orthrown back, while the steam rises or passes on. Steam. entering atinlet b and depositing oil or other matter at the baffles or parts 7c,0, and p is cleaned or purified by the time it passes off at outlet g.

to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a steam-separator an expansionchamber with inlet and outlet. aseparating chamber or compartment communicating with theexpansion-chamber and extended down to a level with the bottom thereof,a partition for the lower part of the expansionchamber and made toseparate the bottoms of the same and of the separating-chamber, andoutlets for the separating-chamber.

2. In a steam-separator an expansionchamber with inlet and outlet, aseparatingchamber having a continuous bottom with the expansion-chamberand provided with vibrating bafliing devices, apartition rising, fromsaid continuous bottom for separating the lower part of theseparating-chamber from the expansion-chamber, outlets for theseparating-chamber and a receiving-compartment in the separator saidreceivingcompartment being separated from the separating-chamber andsurrounded by the steam thereof.

3. In a steam-separator 'a separatingchamber with supporting-frames, andvibrating baffling devices consisting of rods or like seen, has itscontents shut off from the spacer' What I claim as my invention, anddesire outer side of the receiving tank or compartsuspending meansdepending from the frame l form upper and lower compartments, a ledgetoward the bottom or lower part of the separator, and suitably-sha edbaffles of porcelain or suitable materia about the suspending means.

4. In a steam-separator a receiving-tank in the separator at one endthereof so as to have one end ofthe tank formed by the head of theseparator and to leave the rest of the tank free to be surrounded bysteam, partitions between the -tank and separator to l l l or baflinprojection extended from the tank, and aHers suspended in the separator.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 15 my hand in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE F. SoHoFIELD, W. C. HAUFF.

